After I was with Lover boy for about year I decided I'd have a go at learning Korean but had no real idea of where to start. Little did I know that this decision to start learning had effectively changed the course of my life and led me to start a new passion.
Step 1
I did a quick youtube search and....
The first thing I watched was this Video that explained how to read and write Korean
I fell in love with Korean thanks to this Video, it made it easy to learn and gave me my first step to learning.
Nowa days I keep sites like these on my youtube feed and liked on facebook, people like:-
Hyunwoo sun http://www.youtube.com/user/ever4one
eat you kimchi http://www.youtube.com/user/simonandmartina?feature=g-all-a
talk to me in Korean http://www.youtube.com/user/talktomeinkorean?feature=results_main
Expat Kerri http://www.youtube.com/user/expatkerri?feature=watch
Expat Kerri http://www.youtube.com/user/expatkerri?feature=watch
Step 2
I fell in love with Korean thanks to this Video, it made it easy to learn and gave me my first step to learning.
the Video was posted by Koreanclass101.com so I looked them up and joined their website.
I learnt the basics from them and used it for about a year.
other websites also include:
Talk to me in Korean: http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/
Haru Korean: http://harukorean.com/
All of them have an easy going feel good vibe to them and are great for learning on the go, or when you live in the middle of no where and have no local Koreans to teach you.
Step 3
Invested in some study books. These books were good to learn from and explained things in a logical manner.
Super charged turbo step 4
Now this is the thing that accelerated my Korean learning 10 fold, I started receiving classes from a teacher. trust me this is the fastest and best way to learn, when you self study often you just buy books but never actually go through them from start to finish, or you don't always feel like studying. Being in class means I am forced for 2 hours a week to sit down and study. You also learn more balanced, when I was listening to Koreanclass I would know how to speak but my writing was terrible and if I was using books I could write but my speaking would be terrible (thank god Korean is phonetic). With a teacher you learn it all together and get to practice, as well as meet like minded people and make new friends.
The class I joined is run by the Korean community centre in Raynes park.
108-110 Coombe Lane, West Wimbledon, London, SW20 0AY
contact: lkschool@ymail.com
Our teacher is absolutely amazing, she is a Korean Korean teacher (she teaches Korean to Koreans) and can be found teaching at Chessington Community College for the Korean Saturday school as well, where couples send their Korean children to learn while they live in the UK.
and this is the best bit...the price...
£50 for 10 weeks
that's £2.50 an hour!!
now because the course has grown a lot and our poor teacher needs a break, there is a chance the prices may go up, but it won't be by much and considering a term at SOAS (School of Asian studies) in London costs thousands, it is a fair deal!
Times are usually 6:30pm til 8:30pm, there's an intermediate class on Wednesdays, a beginners on Thursdays, and I think they just started another round of absolute beginners on Tuesdays.
I've been going here for a year and a half now and it has been fabulous. However if you don't live in the local area, getting there is hard. So here are the books we use if you decide to continue self study.
Step 5
I'm preparing for step 5 now, which is going out to Korea and Studying full time for 10 months! I'll keep posting about what I find as I go along so watch this space!
I hope this helps a bit when you're looking for resources to learn Korean~~!
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